loos.] OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 17 



Echigo : Mt. Shimidzu-toge (R. Yatabe and S. Okubol herb. ibid. July 

 1887; T. Makino \ Sept. 1888); Prow Shinano: Mt. Wada-toge (R. Yatabe 

 and J. Matsumural July 23, 1880); Prow Rikuchu : Mt. Kurikoma (T. 

 Makino ! Aug. 1890) ; Prow Iwashiro : Near Wakamatsu (J. Matsumura ! 

 herb. ibid. Aug. 5, 1879) ; Prov. Mutsu : Tokiwano (T. Iwakawa ! herb, 

 ibid. July 28, 1880); Prov. Shimoisuke: Nikko (R. Yatabe ! herb. ibid. 

 Aug. 1, 1877), Akanuma-no-hara in Nikko (T. Makino ! Aug.-Sept. 1903). 

 Common. As diagnosed above, this differs from the type. 



Rynchospora (Dichostylete) Umemurae Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 XVII. (1903) p. 187, tab. 7, fig. 8, a. b. 

 Setae antrorsely scabrous. 

 var. Hattoriana Makino. 



Rynchospora Hattoriana Makino 1. c. p. 189, tab. 7, fig. 11. 

 Setaa retrorsely scabrous. 



Viola chaerophylloides (Regel). 



Viola pinnata var. chaerophylloides Regel, PI. Radd. I. p. 222 ; Maxim, 

 in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 718 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. II. p. 646. 



Viola pinnata, var. dissecta Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 84 ; Franch. et Sav. 

 1. c. I. p. 40, non Turcz. nee Regel. 



Viola pinnata Franch. et Sav. I. c. p. 291 (in conspectu specierum), 

 non Linn. 



Nom. Jap. Ezo-sumire, Eizan-sumire, Kakure-niino. 



Hab. Japan, widely distributed. 



forma simplicifolia Makino now 



Leaves long-petiolate, simple, or sometimes shortly subbifid above, ovate, 

 obtuse, cordate at the base, crenula to-serrulate, about 5-6 cm. long, 3-4 cm. 

 broad; veins loose, pinnate or subpalmato-pinnate. Flower and fruit as 

 in the type. 



Nom. Jap. Hitotsuba-ezosumire (now). 



Hab. Prov. Shimotslke : Nikko (T. Makino I Oct. 17, 1904, cult, by 

 B. Ioki). 



Rare. 



Mitella (Mitellaria) japonica Miq. var. integiipetala Makino now 

 var. 



